Karl-Ernst Schroeter
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 34)
| Successes 6 ships sunk for a total of 32.358 GRT 2 auxiliary warships sunk for a total of 1.134 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 4.799 GRT |
| Born | 3 Dec, 1912 | Freystadt, Silesia |
| Died | 23 May, 1943 | Central North Atlantic |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-121 | 28 May, 1940 | - | 30 Mar, 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-752 | 24 May, 1941 | - | 23 May, 1943 (+) | 7 patrols (340 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-752 | 23 Jul, 1941 | Kiel | 24 Jul, 1941 | Horten | 2 days | |
| 2. | U-752 | 31 Jul, 1941 | Horten | 2 Aug, 1941 | Trondheim | 3 days | |
| 3. | U-752 | 18 Aug, 1941 | Trondheim | 22 Aug, 1941 | Kirkenes | 5 days | |
| 4. | U-752 | 23 Aug, 1941 | Kirkenes | 17 Sep, 1941 | Kirkenes | Patrol, | 26 days |
| 5. | U-752 | 19 Sep, 1941 | Kirkenes | 23 Sep, 1941 | Trondheim | 5 days | |
| 6. | U-752 | 18 Oct, 1941 | Trondheim | 22 Oct, 1941 | Kirkenes | 5 days | |
| 7. | U-752 | 7 Nov, 1941 | Kirkenes | 18 Nov, 1941 | Kirkenes | Patrol, | 12 days |
| 8. | U-752 | 22 Nov, 1941 | Kirkenes | 10 Dec, 1941 | Kiel | 19 days | |
| 9. | U-752 | 4 Feb, 1942 | Kiel | 5 Feb, 1942 | Helgoland | 2 days | |
| 10. | U-752 | 7 Feb, 1942 | Helgoland | 10 Feb, 1942 | Bergen | 4 days | |
| 11. | U-752 | 12 Feb, 1942 | Bergen | 13 Mar, 1942 | La Pallice | Patrol, | 30 days |
| 12. | U-752 | 28 Mar, 1942 | La Pallice | 21 May, 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 55 days |
| 13. | U-752 | 2 Jul, 1942 | St. Nazaire | 4 Sep, 1942 | La Pallice | Patrol, | 65 days |
| 14. | U-752 | 19 Oct, 1942 | La Pallice | 15 Feb, 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 120 days |
| 15. | U-752 | 22 Apr, 1943 | St. Nazaire | 23 May, 1943 | Sunk | Patrol, | 32 days |
| 7 patrols, 340 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Karl-Ernst Schroeter
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 25 Aug, 1941 | U-752 | T-898 (No 44) | 553 |  | sj | ||
| 15 Nov, 1941 | U-752 | T-889 (No 34) | 581 | | sj | ||
| 21 Apr, 1942 | U-752 | West Imboden | 5.751 |  | am | ||
| 23 Apr, 1942 | U-752 | Reinholt | 4.799 |  | nw | damaged | |
| 1 May, 1942 | U-752 | Bidevind | 4.956 | | nw | ||
| 23 Jul, 1942 | U-752 | Garmula | 5.254 |  | br | ||
| 27 Jul, 1942 | U-752 | Leikanger | 4.003 | | nw | FN-20 | |
| 9 Aug, 1942 | U-752 | Mendanau | 6.047 |  | nl | ||
| 13 Aug, 1942 | U-752 | Cripple Creek | 6.347 | | am | ||
| 38.291 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
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